Sheffield was hit hard by the Thatcher government’s attacks on industries such as coal and steel but young people still got dressed up and headed into town for a night out to escape the hard realities of day-to-day life. The city’s music scene was also thriving, with bands such as The Human League, Heaven 17 and ABC hitting the charts.
And there’s the now legendary story of The Human League’s Phil Oakey recruiting singers Susan Ann Sulley and Joanne Catherall from the dancefloor of the Crazy Daizy on the High Street. It’s now a Sainsbury’s Local.
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1. Much-missed Museum
Orchard Street, Sheffield on March 7, 1980, showing The Museum pub and the Berni Inn steak house - the height of '80s dining sophistication for many of us! Photo: Colin Drury
2. Wapentake for rockers
The Wapentake, later The Casbah, one of the city centre's popular rock bars, frequented by the likes of city band Def Leppard in their early days. The building on Cambridge Street has now been demolished Photo: submit
3. Keep your hat on
A male stripper at The Limit, West Street on December 1984 - this is hardly a typical scene at the club known for bringing the city brilliant new music such as Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Cramps, The Specials and Sheffield's own Pulp. Photo: Sheffield Newspapers
4. Love for the Dove
People enjoying the sunshine outside the Dove and Rainbow in the centre of Sheffield, once a popular city pub Photo: Sheffield Newspapers